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The best way to avoid potential copyright
violations (and, potentially, thousands
of dollars of fines through the United
States judicial system) is to remove
all peer-to-peer file-sharing (P2P)
programs from your computer.
For more information about P2P
software, visit web resources such as
Wikipedia's Peer-to-Peer
Networking article. If you see
any P2P software on your
computer, remove it and you'll
remove your liability for sharing
copyrighted material over the
Internet.
Use the Programs window in
the Control Panel to remove
(uninstall) these programs –
just as you would remove any program from
your Windows system.
- Turn off all file-sharing programs
and all of their components.
- Go to your computer’s
Control Panel. You can go to it
from your computer's Start logo.
- Double click on the Programs
icon.
- Locate the P2P software you are
removing on the list of installed
programs. Click once to highlight the
software. At the top of the list of
programs, select Uninstall.
Follow the prompts on the screen to
completely remove the software and
its components.
Some peer-to-peer file-sharing
programs have companion programs
that are not automatically removed.
If you have more than one program
to remove, click No if
prompted to reboot your computer.
Then repeat these steps until you
have removed all file sharing
programs.
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Make sure you reboot the system
when you are finished.
Use the Programs and Features
window in the Control Panel to
remove (uninstall) these programs
– just as you would remove any
program from your Windows system.
- Turn off all file-sharing programs
and all of their components.
- Go to your computer’s
Control Panel. You can go to it
from your computer's Start menu.
- Double click on the Programs and
Features icon.
- Locate the P2P software you are
removing on the list of installed
programs. Click once to highlight the
software. At the top of the list of
programs, select Uninstall.
Follow the prompts on the screen to
completely remove the software and
its components.
Some peer-to-peer file-sharing
programs have companion programs
that are not automatically removed.
If you have more than one program
to remove, click No if
prompted to reboot your computer.
Then repeat these steps until you
have removed all file sharing
programs.
-
Make sure you reboot the system
when you are finished.
Use the Add/Remove Programs
window in the Control Panel to
remove (uninstall) these programs
– just as you would remove any
program from your Windows system.
- Turn off all file-sharing programs
and all of their components.
- Go to your computer’s
Control Panel. You can get to it
by following this path from your
computer’s Start menu:
Start -> Settings -> Control
Panel or
Start -> Control Panel
- Double click on the Add/Remove
Programs or Add or Remove
Programs icon.
- Select Change or Remove
Programs.
Click once to highlight the
software you would like to remove,
then click on the Remove or
Change/Remove button.
Follow the prompts on the screen to
completely remove the software and
its components. Some peer-to-peer
file-sharing programs have
companion programs that are not
automatically removed (e.g., Kazaa
and "My Search Bar"). If you have
more than one program to remove,
when prompted to reboot the
computer, click No. Then
repeat these steps until you have
removed all file sharing programs.
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Make sure you reboot the system
when you are finished.
- Quit all file-sharing programs.
- Locate the folder containing the
P2P software that you want to remove.
It is usually in the
Applications folder.
- Double-click the P2P program's
folder to examine its contents.
- Some Macintosh-compatible P2P
programs come with an "uninstall"
program. If you see an "Uninstall" or
"Uninstaller" program, run it to remove
the P2P software.
If you do not see such a program,
go back to the Applications
folder, and move the P2P
program's folder into the
trash.
- Empty your computer's trash folder.
- Go to the Apple menu and select
Restart to reboot your computer.
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